Describing the Rohingya refugee situation as one of the worst humanitarian and human rights crises of the past year, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for international action to ensure Myanmar is held to account for the crimes of its security forces.


Rohingya situation one of worst human rights crises: Guterres


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Rights activists on Tuesday expressed shock over the raids and arrests of certain intellectuals and activists, claiming it is the central government's "attempt to strike terror among those fighting for justice for the marginalised".


Activists condemn arrests, say government trying to strike terror


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Maharashtra Police not to take Maoist sympathizer Gautam Navlakha -- who has been arrested on terror charges -- out of Delhi till Wednesday and keep him under house arrest till further orders.


Don't take Gautam Navlakha out of Delhi, says high court


The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here, with a family member quoting the detectives as saying that he was linked with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao held, police link him with plot to kill PM


Militants attacked the home of former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister and National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather in Badgam district on Tuesday, police said.


Militants attack senior NC leader's home


Militants attacked an Army vehicle on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Militants attack Army vehicle in J&K


Nearly 37 years after an Air India plane was hijacked and commandeered to Pakistan, a Delhi court on Monday acquitted two of the accused in the case who were charged with waging war against the country.


Delhi court acquits two Sikhs in 1981 hijacking case


Over 50 militants were killed and dozens injured as aircrafts pounded Taliban positions in Afghanistan's Faryab province on Monday, an official said.


Over 50 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan


China on Monday welcomed the joint participation by India and Pakistan in the ongoing counter-terrorism drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia.


China welcomes India, Pakistan participation in anti-terror drill


A court will deliver on September 4 judgement in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives.


Verdict in 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts on Sep 4


In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday said it has established links between the murders of Pune-based rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and Bengaluru-based journalist Gauri Lankesh.


Dabholkar, Gauri Lankesh murders linked, CBI tells court


The security forces said on Sunday that four newly recruited militants were arrested with arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


4 newly-reruited militants arrested in J&K


The security forces on Sunday said they have arrested four youths who had joined militant ranks recently, from Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


4 youths arrested in J&K


A Mumbai court on Saturday remanded in police custody till August 31 an accused arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in connection with a terror plot unearthed after seizure of an arms cache, official sources said on Saturday.


Maharashtra terror plot accused in police custody till Aug 31


At least two people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack during a protest near the Election Commission office in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Saturday, officials said.


Blast near election office in Afghanistan kills 2


Two soldiers were injured on Saturday in two separate landmine explosions near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Landmines injure two soldiers on LoC


The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a suspect from a suburb here as part of the ongoing arrests over a terror plot unearthed after recovering an arms cache from Palghar, official sources said on Saturday.


Maharashtra terror plot: ATS arrests suspect from Mumbai


Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday reviewed the security situation in the Kashmir Valley with senior officers, official sources said.


Army chief reviews situation in Kashmir


Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that the US handout on a phone call between Prime Minister Imran Khan and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo which mentioned terrorists operating in Pakistan was "contrary to facts".


US handout on Imran-Pompeo call 'contrary to facts': Pakistan minister


Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that the Bastar region is taking a new shape with fruits of development reaching new heights, leaving behind its popular perception of Maoism.


Bastar taking a new shape leaving behind Maoism : Raman Singh


A group of militants on Friday forced their way into a temple's guard post in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district and beat up the guards there.

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